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But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Souviens-toi de l'Eternel, ton Dieu, car c'est lui qui te donnera de la force pour les acquérir, afin de confirmer, comme il le fait aujourd'hui, son alliance qu'il a jurée à tes pères.

KJV

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Agricultura

    μὴ ἑαυτοὺς ἀναγράψαι τῆς κτήσεως αἰτίους, ἀλλὰ „μνησθῆναι θεοῦ τοῦ διδόντος ἰσχὺν ποιῆσαι δύναμιν“ (Deut. 8,18). τοῦτο μὲν οὖν τὸ εὐπραγίας ἦν πέρας, ἀρχαὶ δ’ ἐκεῖναι· ὥστε τοὺς ἐκλανθανομένους τοῦ τέλους μηδὲ τῆς τῶν κτηθέντων ἀρχῆς εὖ ἂν ἔτ’ ἀπόνασθαι. τούτοις μὲν οὖν ἑκούσια γ…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Virtutibus

    στον ἐχρῆν τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ μνήμην ἀγαλματοφορεῖν. „οὗτος γάρ σοι„ φησί „δίδωσιν ἰσχὺν ποιῆσαι δύναμιν„ (Deut. 8,18)· ἄγαν παιδευτικῶς· ὁ γὰρ ἀκριβῶς ἀναδιδαχθείς, ὅτι δῶρον εἴληφε παρὰ θεοῦ τὸ εὔτονον καὶ ῥωμαλέον, τὴν ἰδίαν ἀσθένειαν ἐκλογιζόμενος, ἣν πρὶν ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς δωρεᾶς εἶχε…

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